It's Never Too Late

• It is never too late to be sorry and say so 
• It is never too late to ask for forgiveness
• The timing cannot be wrong, and you displaced, by feeling regret and remorse
• The timing can be just right, for reconciling
• Do the peace work for the sake of your soul, and for the sake of others

I am sorry may not change the relationship, or return it to its former pleasantness, but hearing. I am sorry. can be balm for the spirit of an injured party. I am sorry is an acknowledgment of pain caused willfully, or with absence of intention. Telling someone you are sorry for what you have said and done, lifts the burden of self-doubt and self-recrimination, for the person suffering in the throes of loss. 

Was it me? Something I said? Something I did?

Was it them? How did things go so wrong, and so quickly?

What must I do, to right this listing ship of a relationship?

Chasing down thoughts, putting them in a straight jacket, and forcing them to explain themselves, can help us understand the when, the where, the how, the why, of waywardness. It is crazy making when we do not hold ourselves to account, and it is insanity, when we go about our business without comprehending why we do what we do, and how it impacts the people in our lives, whether near or far. 

Guilt is an informant, a first-class snitch for a conscience that needs to come clean with a good mind and mouth washing. Guilt indicates sin has been committed in our thinking and or our doing, and usually, dear reader, we aren't the only ones hurt when we have done wrongly. Guilt lets us know that a culprit lurks in our being; when a search light is shone on our sins, we have a choice of admittance, which brings a certain bitter sweet relief in its wake, or we can pretend we have done nothing to be ashamed of, and carry on with our bad selves. 

Do you mostly, carry on with your bad self? What is it like when truth slaps you hard across the face and says, Snap out of it. Stop being dodgy. You can't avoid me, I have you by the tail. 

• Truth is gentle when we are willing to be corrected
• Truth is a cruel task master when we will not relent
• It is always wise to seek truth, where it can be found
• It is always senseless to pretend
• Do the work of truth telling, for the sake of your soul, and the sake of others

It is never too late, until it is. Death has a way of ensuring that we go to the grave with all that we have left undone. Death hollows out the body and deprives the spirit, of the possibility of reconciliation with God, and our fellow man. This one life you and I have been given, is spent, when we take that last breath, and when I am sorry, please forgive me, have not been spoken and heard, the loss of opportunity to mend what was broken, is eternal. 

Christ reconciles his own to our Father in heaven. He leads the way toward holiness and away from, waywardness. Forgive them Father was his request for us while he suffered the agonies of the cross, and wouldn't it be marvellous, wouldn't it be wonderful, if we asked for forgiveness for ourselves, and for others too? 

Start with your sins in confession. You might be on your knees for a while. Confession is truly good for the soul, and when you are done there, perhaps forgive, even if you never hear the words, I am sorry, please forgive me, from the humans that have hurt you. You need not have them in your life ever again, but this bit of hard work, will serve you as a saint, and servant of the living God. 

It is never too late, while you continue to inhale and exhale. Breathe in peace, and exhale love, with words that heal. 

Hebrews 13: 20-21

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.